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• Election of EldersChristian Life

  The election of elders is the process by which a church chooses candidates to be set apart as elders. In Presbyterian churches, after the session passes a resolution and the presbytery grants permission, the congregational meeting holds a vote; those elected then pass a presbytery examination and are installed as elders at an ordination service.

• Double PredestinationDoctrine & Theology

  Double predestination is the doctrine that God decreed from eternity to elect some people to salvation and to leave others to perdition. It is taught chiefly in the Calvinist tradition and is not accepted by denominations in the Wesleyan tradition.

• Predestination and Free WillControversies

  Predestination and free will is a debate over whether salvation depends on God's election or on the human response. Calvinism, followed by Presbyterians, and the Arminian-Wesleyan tradition, followed by Methodists, Holiness churches, and Full Gospel churches, explain the question differently.

• PredestinationDoctrine & Theology

  Predestination is the Christian doctrine that God determined the salvation of human beings from all eternity. It is emphasized by the Calvinist tradition, including Presbyterians, while the Wesleyan tradition, including Methodists and the Holiness Church, places greater emphasis on the human response.

• InfralapsarianismDoctrine & Theology

  Infralapsarianism is the view within Reformed teaching on predestination that God chose to save some from among humanity considered as already fallen.

• RemnantBible

  The remnant is a biblical concept referring to a small group that survives God's judgment and tribulation and thereby carries on the line of the covenant people. It is prominent in the Old Testament prophetic books and is taken up in the New Testament by Paul.

• 2 Peter 1:5–10Bible Verses

  A passage that urges believers to add to their faith, in turn, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love, and in this way to make their calling and election sure. It is frequently cited in discussions of sanctification and the assurance of salvation, and denominations differ in emphasis on how election relates to human effort.

• Ephesians 1Bible

  Ephesians 1 opens with Paul's greeting, praises God for the election, redemption, and sealing with the Holy Spirit that believers have received in Christ, and continues with a prayer that the readers may come to know God more deeply.

• Church BylawsOrganization & Polity

  Church bylaws are a written body of self-governing rules that set out the basic principles of a church's operation, including its purpose, membership qualifications, decision-making bodies, election of officers, and management of finances and property.

• ReprobationDoctrine & Theology

  Reprobation is the Reformed doctrine of predestination holding that God decreed from eternity not to choose certain people for salvation but to leave them in their sin. It is the counterpart of election.

• SupralapsarianismDoctrine & Theology

  Supralapsarianism is a view within the Reformed doctrine of predestination which holds that, in the order of God's decrees, the decree concerning the election and reprobation of human beings logically precedes the decrees concerning creation and the fall.

• Romans 9Bible

  Romans 9 is the chapter in which Paul pours out his grief over his fellow Israelites and, drawing on Old Testament quotations, explains God's promise and election, His mercy and sovereignty, and the righteousness that comes by faith.

• Ephesians 1:4–5Bible Verses

  A passage stating that God "hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world" and in love predestinated us "unto the adoption of children." It is a key text on predestination and election, which Calvinism, Arminianism, and Karl Barth's doctrine of election each read differently.

• Romans 9:20-21Bible Verses

  A passage asserting the potter's authority over the clay, declaring that the thing formed cannot say to him that formed it, "Why hast thou made me thus?" As the heart of Romans 9, which addresses God's sovereign election, it carries more weight than perhaps any other text in debates over predestination.

• 1 Peter 1:1–2Bible Verses

  The opening greeting of 1 Peter addresses Christians scattered across five regions of Asia Minor as "elect" strangers and brings together the work of the Father, the Spirit, and the Son in a single sentence. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of predestination, election, and the Trinity.

• 1 Samuel 16:11–13Bible Verses

  This passage recounts how Samuel anointed David, the youngest son of Jesse, and how the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. It marks the turning point at which kingship passes from Saul to David and is frequently cited in discussions of divine election and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

• Congregational MeetingOrganization & Polity

  A congregational meeting is an assembly of all the baptized (communicant) members registered in a local church, convened to decide important matters such as electing church officers, calling a pastor, and approving the budget. The name is used in Presbyterian churches; in Korea, other denominations use names such as "general business meeting," and the courts refer to it as a "general meeting of church members."

• Church BulletinWorship & Rites

  A church bulletin is a newsletter that a church publishes every Lord's Day, containing the order of worship, sermon information, church news, and announcements.

• OrganDoctrine & Theology

  The organ is a keyboard instrument that produces sound by sending wind through pipes or across vibrating reeds. It has long served as the principal instrument for accompanying worship in the Western church.